CAMBODIA/NEPAL

BY KEITH NUTHALLSUCCESSFUL negotiations between the European Commission and the governments of Cambodia and Nepal have led to a deal over the extension of existing textile trade agreements between these Asian kingdoms and the European Union (EU). The Commission has asked European ministers to formally agree that these agreements should be prolonged until December 2004, appending a new list of textile products that can be imported into the EU without any quota limits. As before, safeguards have been put in place allowing Brussels to impose restrictions, should ...


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